Publications

Published Works by Family Medicine Faculty

Previous Years:
FY 2010-2011 / FY 2009-2010 / FY 2008-2009 / FY 2007-2008 / FY 2006-2007 / FY 2005-2006 / FY 2004-2005 / FY 2003-2004 / FY 2002-2003 / FY 2001-2002 / FY 2000-2001

Current Year:

Freedy, JR, Carek, PJ, Diaz, VA, & Thiedke, CC.  Integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into the management of depression (editorial). Am Fam Phys.  2012;  85(7):1-2.

Diaz VA, Mainous AG, Williamson D, Johnson SP, Knoll ME.  Cardiovascular and diabetes risk perception in a Hispanic community sample. Ethn Dis 2012;22(1):5-11. 

Post RE, Mainous AG, King DE, Simpson KN.  Dietary fiber for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus:  A meta-analysis.  J Am Board Fam Med 2012;25:16-23

Egan M, Mainous AG.   (Editorial)  The tension between educational equivalency and equipoise in medical education research. Fam Med 2012;44(1):5-6

Tiley BC, Mainous AG, Elm JJ, Pickelsimer E, Soderstrom LH, Ford ME, Diaz VA, Siminoff LA, Burau K, Smith DW. A randomized recruitment intervention trial in Parkinson’s disease to increase participant diversity:  early stopping for lack of efficacy. Clinical Trials 2012;9:188-197.

Anwar MS, Baker R, Walker N, Mainous AG, Bankart MJ.  Chronic disease detection and access: does access improve detection, or does detection make access more difficult.  BR J Gen Pract 2012;DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X641456. 

Post RE, Weese TJ, Mainous AG, Weiss BD. Publication productivity by Family Medicine Faculty: 1999-2009. Fam Med 2012;44(5):312-7.

Diaz VA, Mainous AG, Williamson D, Johnson SP, Knoll ME.  Cardiovascular and diabetes risk perception in a Hispanic community sample. Ethn Dis 2012;22(1):5-11. 

Post RE, Mainous AG, King DE, Simpson KN.  Dietary fiber for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus:  A meta-analysis.  J Am Board Fam Med 2012;25:16-23

Egan M, Mainous AG.   (Editorial)  The tension between educational equivalency and equipoise in medical education research. Fam Med 2012;44(1):5-6

Tiley BC, Mainous AG, Elm JJ, Pickelsimer E, Soderstrom LH, Ford ME, Diaz VA, Siminoff LA, Burau K, Smith DW. A randomized recruitment intervention trial in Parkinson’s disease to increase participant diversity:  early stopping for lack of efficacy. Clinical Trials 2012;9:188-197.

Anwar MS, Baker R, Walker N, Mainous AG, Bankart MJ.  Chronic disease detection and access: does access improve detection, or does detection make access more difficult.  BR J Gen Pract 2012;DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X641456. 

Post RE, Weese TJ, Mainous AG, Weiss BD. Publication productivity by Family Medicine Faculty: 1999-2009. Fam Med 2012;44(5):312-7.

Mainous AG, Diaz VA, Hulihan MM.  Calcium channel blocker use and serum ferritin in adults with hypertension. Biometals 2012; 25:563-568. 

FY 2010-2011:

Joseph Benich, MD
Benich, JJ. Opioid Dependence. Prim Care Clin Office Practice 2011;38(59-70)

Benich JJ, Carek PJ.   Evaluation of the patient with chronic cough.  Amer Fam Physician 2011;84(8):887-892.

Amy Blue, PhD 
Gebregziabher M, Miller P, Psenka T, Rehman S, Zoller J, Blue A.   Interpersonal team practices, attitudes, and educational experiences of medical faculty.   eJournal of SC Med Assoc 2011;107:11-16.

Blue AV, Mitcham M, Smith T, Raymond J, Greenberg R. Changing the Future of Health Professions: Embedding Interprofessional Education Within an Academic Health Center. Acad Med 2010;85:1290-1295.

Blue AV, Brandt BF, Schmitt MH. American interprofessional health collaborative: historical roots and organizational beginnings. J Allied Health 2010; 39(3 pt 2):204-209.

Blue AV. Creating collaborative care (C3), Medical University of South Carolina. J Allied Health 2010;39(3 pt 2):e1-127-128.

Blue AV, Charles L, Howell D, Koutalos Y, Mitcham M, Nappi J, Zoller J. Introducing students to patient safety through an online interprofessional course. Adv Med Educ and Prac 2010:107-114.

Hall PD, Zoller JS, West VT, Lancaster CJ, Blue AV. A Novel Approach to Interprofessional Education: Interprofessional Day, the Four-Year Experience at the Medical University of South Carolina. JRIPE 2011;49-62.

Peter Carek, MD, MS
Carek PJ, Peterson L, Abercrombie S, Baughman O, Carter C, Evans E, Goforth G, Hanlin RB, Hester W.    Recent South Carolina AHEC family practice residency program graduates.   J SC Med Assoc 2011;107:174-177. Dickerson LM, Diaz VA, Steyer TE.  Addressing the scholarly activity requirements for residents:  one program’s solution.  J Grad Med Educ 2011;379-382.

Carek PJ,

Carek PJ, Laibstain SE, Carek SM. Exercise for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety. Int’l J Psych in Med 2011;41:15-28.

Carek PJ, Dickerson LM, Diaz VA, Steyer TE. Addressing the scholarly activity requirements for residents: one program’s solution. J Grad Med Educ 2011;379-382.

Alexander Chessman, MD
Chessman AW. Review: Acetaminophen reduces acute migraine pain in adults. (Editorial) ACP Journal Club;2011;154:3.

Berman NB, Fall LH, Chessman AW, Dell MR, Lang VJ, Leong SH, Nixon J, Smith S. A collaborative model for developing and maintaining virtual patients for medical education. Medical Teacher, 2011;33:319¬324.

Chessman AW. Comment on: Derry S, Moore RA, McQuay HJ. Acetaminophen reduces acute migraine pain in adults. ACP Journal Club 2011;154:JC3-9.

Slatt LM, Steiner BD, Hollar DW, Chessman AW, Xin J, Hedgpeth MW. Creating a Multi-Institutional Family Medicine Clerkship Examination: Lesson Learned. Fam Med 2011;43(4):235-9.

Todd Detar, DO
Detar DT. Alcoholics Anonymous and Other Twelve-Step Programs in Recovery. Prim Care Clin Office Practice 2011;38(143-148).

Detar DT. Understanding the Disease of Addiction. Prim Care Clin Office Practice 2011;38(1-7).

Vanessa Diaz, MD, MS
Diaz VA, Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Schoepf UJ, Codd V, Samani NJ. Effect of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors on the Association Between Leukocyte Telomere Length and Coronary Artery Calcium Am J Card; 2010: 106: 659-663.

Diaz VA, Carek PJ, Dickerson LM, Steyer TE. Teaching Quality Improvement in a Primary Care Residency. Joint Comm J on Quality and Patient Safety 2010 36;10:454-460.

Diaz VA, Hughes N, Dickerson LM, Wessell AM, Carek PJ. Clinician Knowledge About Use of Intrauterine Devices in Adolescents in South Carolina AHEC. Fam Med 2011;43(6):407-411.

Lori Dickerson, Pharm D
Dickerson LM, Ables AZ, Everett CJ, Mainous AG, McCutcheon AM, Bazaldua OV, Weber CA, Carter BL. Measuring Diabetes Care in the National Interdisciplinary Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (NIPC-PBRN). Pharmcotherapy 2011;31(1):23-30.

Charles Everett, PhD
Millet C, Everett CJ, Matheson EM, Bindman AB, Mainous AG. Impact of Medicare Part D on Seniors’ Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Medications. Arch Intern Med 2010;170(15):1325-1330.

Everett CJ, Frithsen I, Player M. Relationship of polychlorinated biphenyls with type 2 diabetes and hypertension. J Environ Monit 2011;13:241-251.

Everett CJ, Matheson EM. Pesticide Exposure and Diabetes. Encyclopedia of Environ Health 2011;4:407-411.

Barry Hainer, MD
Hainer BL, Gibson MV. Vaginitis: Diagnosis and Treatment. Am Fam Physician, 2011;83(7)807-815.

William Hueston, MD

Hueston WJ, Carek SM.   Patients’ preference for physican attire:  A survey of patients in family medicine training practices.  Fam Med 2011;43(9):643-7.

Hueston WJ, Casey BR. (Book Chapter) Respiratory Problems. Current Diagnosis and Treatment-Family Medicine 2011;287-300.

Allweiss P, Hueston WJ, Carek PJ. (Book Chapter) Endocrine Disorders. Current Diagnosis and Treatment-Family Medicine 2011;399-408.

Hueston WJ. (Book Chapter) Hypothyroidism. Conn’s Current Therapy 2011;678-680.

Hueston WJ. (Book Chapter) Hyperthyroidism. Conn’s Current Therapy 2011;681-683.

Hueston WJ, Mainous AG. (Book Chapter) Ear Pain. In Essentials of Family Medicine 6th Edition. 2011 191-198.

Dana King, MD, MS
Anandarajah G, Craigie F, Hatch R, Kliewer S, Marchand L, King D, Hobbs R, Daaleman TP. Toward Competency-Based Curricula in Patient-Centered Spiritual Care: Recommended Competencies for Family Medicine Resident Education. Acad Med 2010;85:1897-1904.

King D, Freedy J, Carek P. (Editorial) A New Milestone for IJPM. Int’l J Psych in Med 2011;41:1-2.

Kelechi TJ, Mueller M, Zapka JG, King DE. The effect of a cryotherapy gel wrap on the microcirculation of skin affected by chronic venous disorders. J of Advanced Nursing 2011;1-13

Arch Mainous III, PhD
Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Diaz VA, Player MS, Gebregziabher M, Smith DW. Life Stress and Atherosclerosis: A Pathway through Unhealthy Lifestyle. Int J Psy in Med 2010;40(2):147-161.

Post RE, Mainous AG. The Accuracy of Nutrition Information on the Internet for Type 2 Diabetes. Arch Intern Med 2010;170:1504-1505.

Taub N, Baker R, Khunti K, Camosso-Stefinovic J, Mehtat RL, Westont CL, Mainous AG. Patient safety systems in the primary health care of diabetes—a story of missed opportunities? Diabet Med 2010; 27:1322-1326

Freedy JR, Magruder KM, Mainous AG, Frueh BC, Geesey ME, Carnemolla M. Gender differences in traumatic event exposure and mental health among Veteran primary care patients. Military Medicine 2010;175:750-758

Mainous AG, Diaz VA. Telomere length as a risk marker for cardiovascular disease: the next big thing? Expert Rev mol Diagn 2010;10(8), 969-971.

Mainous AG, Baker R, Everett CJ, King DE. Impact of a policy allowing for over-the-counter statins. Quality in Primary Care 2010;18:301-6.

Gill JM, Mainous AG, Koopman RJ, Player MS, Everett CJ, Chen YX, Diamond JJ, Lieberman MI. Impact of HER-Based Clinical Decision Support on Adherence to Guidelines for Patients on NSAIDs: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med 2011;9:22-30.

Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Diaz VA, Baker R, Mangino M, Codd V, Samani NJ. Leukocyte telomere length and martial status among middle-aged adults. Age and Ageing 2011;40:73-78.

Kern DH, Mainous AG, Carey M, Bedingfield A. Simulation-Based Teaching to Improve Cardiovascular Exam Skills Performance Among Third-Year Medical Students. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2011;23(1);15-20.

Mainous AG. In Praise of Conventional Research Methods for Medical Education Research. (Editorial) Fam Med 2011;43(2):81-2.

Post RE, Mainous AG, Gregorie SH, Knoll ME, Diaz VA, Saxena SK. The Influence of Physician Acknowledgement of Patients’ Weight Status on Patient Perceptions of Overweight and Obesity in the United States. Arch Intern Med 2011;171(4):316-321.

Mainous AG, Diaz VA, Matheson EM, Gregorie SH, Hueston WJ. Trends in Hospitalizations with Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: U.S., 1997-2006. Public Health Reports 2011;126:354-360.

Mainous AG, Hueston WJ. (Book Chapter) Acute Respiratory Infections in Adults. In Essentials of Family Medicine 6th Edition. 2011;625-635 

Mainous AG, Diaz VA, Everett CJ, Knoll ME.  Impact of insurance and hospital ownership on hospital length of stay among patients with ambulatory care-sensitive conditions.  Ann Fam Med 2011;9:489-495.

Fagan HB, Myers RE, Daskalakis C, Sifri R, Mainous AG, Wender R.  Race/ethnicity, gender, weight status, and colorectal cancer screening.   J of Obesity 2011;1-6.

Marty Player, MD, MS
Player MS, Gill JM, Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Koopman RJ, Diamond JJ, Lieberman MI, Chen YX. An Electronic Medical Record-Based Intervention to Improve Quality of Care for Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and Atypical Presentations of GERD. 2010, Quality in Prim Care 18:223-9. 

Andrea Wessell, Pharm D
Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. Improving Medication Safety in Primary Care Using Electronic Health Records.

Player MS, Diaz VA, Mainous AG, Gregorie SH, Knoll ME, Everett CJ.  Ethnic differences in the relationship of prediabetes with the presence of target-organ disease.  Diabetes & Metabolism 2011;37:403-409.

Blue AV, Mitcham M, Smith T, Raymond J, Greenberg R. Changing the Future of Health Professions: Embedding Interprofessional Education Within an Academic Health Center. Acad Med 2010;85:1290-1295.

Blue AV, Brandt BF, Schmitt MH. American interprofessional health collaborative: historical roots and organizational beginnings. J Allied Health 2010; 39(3 pt 2):204-209.

Blue AV. Creating collaborative care (C3), Medical University of South Carolina. J Allied Health 2010;39(3 pt 2):e1-127-128.

Blue AV, Charles L, Howell D, Koutalos Y, Mitcham M, Nappi J, Zoller J. Introducing students to patient safety through an online interprofessional course. Adv Med Educ and Prac 2010:107-114.

Hall PD, Zoller JS, West VT, Lancaster CJ, Blue AV. A Novel Approach to Interprofessional Education: Interprofessional Day, the Four-Year Experience at the Medical University of South Carolina. JRIPE 2011;49-62.

Peter Carek, MD, MS
Carek PJ, Peterson L, Abercrombie S, Baughman O, Carter C, Evans E, Goforth G, Hanlin RB, Hester W.    Recent South Carolina AHEC family practice residency program graduates.   J SC Med Assoc 2011;107:174-177. Dickerson LM, Diaz VA, Steyer TE.  Addressing the scholarly activity requirements for residents:  one program’s solution.  J Grad Med Educ 2011;379-382.

Carek PJ,

Carek PJ, Laibstain SE, Carek SM. Exercise for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety. Int’l J Psych in Med 2011;41:15-28.

Carek PJ, Dickerson LM, Diaz VA, Steyer TE. Addressing the scholarly activity requirements for residents: one program’s solution. J Grad Med Educ 2011;379-382.

Alexander Chessman, MD
Chessman AW. Review: Acetaminophen reduces acute migraine pain in adults. (Editorial) ACP Journal Club;2011;154:3.

Berman NB, Fall LH, Chessman AW, Dell MR, Lang VJ, Leong SH, Nixon J, Smith S. A collaborative model for developing and maintaining virtual patients for medical education. Medical Teacher, 2011;33:319¬324.

Chessman AW. Comment on: Derry S, Moore RA, McQuay HJ. Acetaminophen reduces acute migraine pain in adults. ACP Journal Club 2011;154:JC3-9.

Slatt LM, Steiner BD, Hollar DW, Chessman AW, Xin J, Hedgpeth MW. Creating a Multi-Institutional Family Medicine Clerkship Examination: Lesson Learned. Fam Med 2011;43(4):235-9.

Todd Detar, DO
Detar DT. Alcoholics Anonymous and Other Twelve-Step Programs in Recovery. Prim Care Clin Office Practice 2011;38(143-148).

Detar DT. Understanding the Disease of Addiction. Prim Care Clin Office Practice 2011;38(1-7).

Vanessa Diaz, MD, MS
Diaz VA, Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Schoepf UJ, Codd V, Samani NJ. Effect of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors on the Association Between Leukocyte Telomere Length and Coronary Artery Calcium Am J Card; 2010: 106: 659-663.

Diaz VA, Carek PJ, Dickerson LM, Steyer TE. Teaching Quality Improvement in a Primary Care Residency. Joint Comm J on Quality and Patient Safety 2010 36;10:454-460.

Diaz VA, Hughes N, Dickerson LM, Wessell AM, Carek PJ. Clinician Knowledge About Use of Intrauterine Devices in Adolescents in South Carolina AHEC. Fam Med 2011;43(6):407-411.

Lori Dickerson, Pharm D
Dickerson LM, Ables AZ, Everett CJ, Mainous AG, McCutcheon AM, Bazaldua OV, Weber CA, Carter BL. Measuring Diabetes Care in the National Interdisciplinary Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (NIPC-PBRN). Pharmcotherapy 2011;31(1):23-30.

Charles Everett, PhD
Millet C, Everett CJ, Matheson EM, Bindman AB, Mainous AG. Impact of Medicare Part D on Seniors’ Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Medications. Arch Intern Med 2010;170(15):1325-1330.

Everett CJ, Frithsen I, Player M. Relationship of polychlorinated biphenyls with type 2 diabetes and hypertension. J Environ Monit 2011;13:241-251.

Everett CJ, Matheson EM. Pesticide Exposure and Diabetes. Encyclopedia of Environ Health 2011;4:407-411.

Barry Hainer, MD
Hainer BL, Gibson MV. Vaginitis: Diagnosis and Treatment. Am Fam Physician, 2011;83(7)807-815.

William Hueston, MD

Hueston WJ, Carek SM.   Patients’ preference for physican attire:  A survey of patients in family medicine training practices.  Fam Med 2011;43(9):643-7.

Hueston WJ, Casey BR. (Book Chapter) Respiratory Problems. Current Diagnosis and Treatment-Family Medicine 2011;287-300.

Allweiss P, Hueston WJ, Carek PJ. (Book Chapter) Endocrine Disorders. Current Diagnosis and Treatment-Family Medicine 2011;399-408.

Hueston WJ. (Book Chapter) Hypothyroidism. Conn’s Current Therapy 2011;678-680.

Hueston WJ. (Book Chapter) Hyperthyroidism. Conn’s Current Therapy 2011;681-683.

Hueston WJ, Mainous AG. (Book Chapter) Ear Pain. In Essentials of Family Medicine 6th Edition. 2011 191-198.

Dana King, MD, MS
Anandarajah G, Craigie F, Hatch R, Kliewer S, Marchand L, King D, Hobbs R, Daaleman TP. Toward Competency-Based Curricula in Patient-Centered Spiritual Care: Recommended Competencies for Family Medicine Resident Education. Acad Med 2010;85:1897-1904.

King D, Freedy J, Carek P. (Editorial) A New Milestone for IJPM. Int’l J Psych in Med 2011;41:1-2.

Kelechi TJ, Mueller M, Zapka JG, King DE. The effect of a cryotherapy gel wrap on the microcirculation of skin affected by chronic venous disorders. J of Advanced Nursing 2011;1-13

Arch Mainous III, PhD
Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Diaz VA, Player MS, Gebregziabher M, Smith DW. Life Stress and Atherosclerosis: A Pathway through Unhealthy Lifestyle. Int J Psy in Med 2010;40(2):147-161.

Post RE, Mainous AG. The Accuracy of Nutrition Information on the Internet for Type 2 Diabetes. Arch Intern Med 2010;170:1504-1505.

Taub N, Baker R, Khunti K, Camosso-Stefinovic J, Mehtat RL, Westont CL, Mainous AG. Patient safety systems in the primary health care of diabetes—a story of missed opportunities? Diabet Med 2010; 27:1322-1326

Freedy JR, Magruder KM, Mainous AG, Frueh BC, Geesey ME, Carnemolla M. Gender differences in traumatic event exposure and mental health among Veteran primary care patients. Military Medicine 2010;175:750-758

Mainous AG, Diaz VA. Telomere length as a risk marker for cardiovascular disease: the next big thing? Expert Rev mol Diagn 2010;10(8), 969-971.

Mainous AG, Baker R, Everett CJ, King DE. Impact of a policy allowing for over-the-counter statins. Quality in Primary Care 2010;18:301-6.

Gill JM, Mainous AG, Koopman RJ, Player MS, Everett CJ, Chen YX, Diamond JJ, Lieberman MI. Impact of HER-Based Clinical Decision Support on Adherence to Guidelines for Patients on NSAIDs: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med 2011;9:22-30.

Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Diaz VA, Baker R, Mangino M, Codd V, Samani NJ. Leukocyte telomere length and martial status among middle-aged adults. Age and Ageing 2011;40:73-78.

Kern DH, Mainous AG, Carey M, Bedingfield A. Simulation-Based Teaching to Improve Cardiovascular Exam Skills Performance Among Third-Year Medical Students. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2011;23(1);15-20.

Mainous AG. In Praise of Conventional Research Methods for Medical Education Research. (Editorial) Fam Med 2011;43(2):81-2.

Post RE, Mainous AG, Gregorie SH, Knoll ME, Diaz VA, Saxena SK. The Influence of Physician Acknowledgement of Patients’ Weight Status on Patient Perceptions of Overweight and Obesity in the United States. Arch Intern Med 2011;171(4):316-321.

Mainous AG, Diaz VA, Matheson EM, Gregorie SH, Hueston WJ. Trends in Hospitalizations with Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: U.S., 1997-2006. Public Health Reports 2011;126:354-360.

Mainous AG, Hueston WJ. (Book Chapter) Acute Respiratory Infections in Adults. In Essentials of Family Medicine 6th Edition. 2011;625-635 

Mainous AG, Diaz VA, Everett CJ, Knoll ME.  Impact of insurance and hospital ownership on hospital length of stay among patients with ambulatory care-sensitive conditions.  Ann Fam Med 2011;9:489-495.

Fagan HB, Myers RE, Daskalakis C, Sifri R, Mainous AG, Wender R.  Race/ethnicity, gender, weight status, and colorectal cancer screening.   J of Obesity 2011;1-6.

Marty Player, MD, MS
Player MS, Gill JM, Mainous AG, Everett CJ, Koopman RJ, Diamond JJ, Lieberman MI, Chen YX. An Electronic Medical Record-Based Intervention to Improve Quality of Care for Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and Atypical Presentations of GERD. 2010, Quality in Prim Care 18:223-9. 

Andrea Wessell, Pharm D
Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. Improving Medication Safety in Primary Care Using Electronic Health Records.

Player MS, Diaz VA, Mainous AG, Gregorie SH, Knoll ME, Everett CJ.  Ethnic differences in the relationship of prediabetes with the presence of target-organ disease.  Diabetes & Metabolism 2011;37:403-409.

Mainous AG, Knoll ME, Everett CJ, Hulihan MM, Grant AM, Garrison C, Koenig G, Sayer C, Allen KW. A National Survey of Hemochromatosis Patients. J Am Board Fam Med 2012;25:432-436. 

Matheson EM, King DE, Everett CJ.  Healthy lifestyle habits and mortality in overweight and obese individuals.    J Am Board Fam Med 2012;25:9-15.